Archive for July, 2009

Only today and tomorrow left for the Dog Days of Summer Sale. Don’t forget that you can just email me if you are interested in any of the sale items at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .

“Bell and Geranium” is an oil on canvas measuring 10″x8″ and is on sale for $95.

“Daisy Flower” is an oil on canvas panel measuring 12″x24″ and is on sale for $95.

“Daisy I” is an oil on Masonite panel measuring 7 1/4″ x 8″ and is on sale for $45.

“Daisy II” is an oil on Masonite panel measuring 7 1/4″ x 8″ and is on sale for $45.

Thanks for looking at the paintings on the Dog Days of Summer Sale and just email me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com if you would like to add any of them to your collection. The last listing for the sale will be tomorrow and the sale will end on Monday.

And because today’s theme is flowers I couldn’t resist throwing this photo in for you to enjoy. My niece and sister in law are visiting for a couple of days and their lovely little Westie, Tam, is with them. We played dress up with him last night and he posed as a “posie”.

My brother is going to have a fit (as they say in the deep south where we are from) when he sees what we have done to his boy dog!

Many thanks to everyone who has emailed about the sale. And yes, this is a great time to buy an original piece of art. These are all orginal paintings – no prints. I know, some of the prices are as inexpensive as prints!!! Great time to start collecting. Today’s theme for the Dog Days of Summer Sale is water.

“Three Sailboats” is a watercolor, matted measuring 14″x18, and is SOLD.

“Expectations” is a watercolor measuring 17″ x 14 7/8″ and is SOLD.

“Ocean View II” is a matted watercolor measuring 14″ x 10″ ready to frame. It is on sale for $30.

“Sailing Along” is a watercolor that is matted and measures 14′ x 18″ ready to frame. It is SOLD.

“The Marsh II” is a watercolor, matted measuring 8″x10″, ready to frame and is on sale for $25.

“Azur Sea” is a 10″x10″ oil on canvas panel and is on sale for $75.

“Barn on the Bay” is a 10″x 8″ oil painting, on sale for $95.

For any of these great buys, just email me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com and remember that we accept credit cards. Thanks for looking and if you know anyone interested in original art at a great price, please send them to this link.

Isabella is my private student. She comes once a week and we work in acrylics. She’s a very quick study and has done some really nice little paintings.

Here she is hard at work.

And with her finished painting. A really nice result. Good job Isabella!

In addition to the Wednesday Night Oil Painting Class that I teach at the Blue Ridge Arts Council (see the Art Class tab at the top of the page) I offer private lessons. I have had several young students. I usually don’t work with students under the age of 12 but every once in awhile there is a “Promising Picasso” that I teach.

There is a group of Plein Air painters that have been meeting for several years around the Front Royal area on Thursday mornings to try to capture the beautiful scenes where we live. The Shenandoah Plein Air Painters met at Philip Carter Winery yesterday morning for our painting session. And boy, was it ever overcast.

This is where I found a spot around 8 a.m. and went to work.

This is my reference photo for the painting. One thing I didn’t have to worry about that is often a problem for plein air painters was the changing light. The light was a steady dull grey…no sun to be seen anywhere.

But I got a great start on this little painting despite the weather. And I was really enjoying the solitude out at the winery early in the morning and then….

….it started to drizzle.

So I took another quick photo of the painting and the scene….

And a shot of the palette. And then packed it in and headed for home.

And then I finished it up at home. I love these quick sketches of the scenes around the valley…even if the weather is iffy!

Here is a sunflower for Carol Ann! It’s her birthday and sunflowers are her favorite. Happy Birthday!

Carol Ann is our friend from West Virginia. She has the two Great Danes that my “boys” love so much.

First, Truman fell in love with Bella or maybe Bella fell for Truman. She used to treat him so bad in the beginning as evidenced by this photo of the two of them.

But they grew out of that silly play….or Bella grew up rather. Now she is way to big to be stepping all over the “old man”. But lucky for her Jed has come along and Bella and her brother Jam have made Jed an honorary member of their family and Jed is loving it!

Tug of war is their favorite game and Jed thinks he is as big as they are. He says, “It’s hard to be a Great Dane when your legs are this short!”

And all they while they are playing Jed really thinks that Carol Ann is his mom. He loves her better than anyone and would really like to live with them and be a country dog full-time. So what do you think Carol Ann? Maybe for your birthday?